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05 April 2016

April begins as the recent eclipse season comes to a close. This may
cue a sigh of relief for some, even though eclipses continue to resonate
through our lives for several months. Last month was fairly intense and
may have left us feeling somewhat battle worn! The challenges to our
sense of self and personal autonomy may have felt harsh and left us
wondering whether there’s any real hope of change or just more of the
same old struggles in different packaging! Thankfully the second half of
April provides ample opportunity to refresh and regroup, offering inner
space in which to consider where we go from here.

Prior to that, however, there are some powerful forces to reckon with
as the Sun crosses the brewing Uranus/Eris conjunction in Aries,
between 6th and 15th April. Impatience may rule
the day and old frustrations rise up unbidden. Whatever the surface
issues may be, this conjunction of the Sun with two disruptive forces
(and squared by Pluto for good measure!) augurs the upwelling of
ancestral and collective pain which may overwhelm our everyday
experience, super-charging our reactions and unleashing powerful
emotions out of proportion to the matter at hand. The Uranus/Eris
conjunction is releasing from the collective psyche repressed pain and
issues ignored for too long by too many. We are the conduits for those
feelings and are all beholden to find the highest and wisest way to
channel them for good.

As the Sun potentises this process we can each begin to find our own
way to honour the past and those who have walked challenging paths
before us, their legacy our freedom. They may be our ancestors or
anonymous strangers whose identity we will never know, but they speak
into our collective heart urging us to prioritise the pursuit of
equality, respect and liberty for all, arresting the perpetuation of
long-standing oppression and exploitation. The human tendency to seek
power over others, to denigrate those deemed less worthy, fear
difference and negatively judge what we don’t understand has created a
world in which profound inequalities are woven through its very fabric.
The burgeoning alliance between Uranus and Eris is set to expose the
rotten core of a world built upon exploitation of the weakest to serve
the most powerful. It challenges us all to seed a new one that equally
serves all, in which no being is a chattel and respect is afforded to
life itself, regardless of its form or apparent worth.

A square between Neptune and Mars from 3rd to 26th
April may confuse our motivation and find us fighting other peoples’
battles instead of our own, motivated by an unarticulated imperative
hidden in the darkened corners of our psyche. We may be vulnerable to
influences not in our interests now and people who want to place their
words in our mouths and their feelings in our hearts. Conflict may be
especially messy and is really best avoided if at all possible. When
tempers begin to flare or passions are aroused, commit to taking time
out and creating peaceful space in which you and others can reflect,
relax and return to state of balance before things get out of hand. The
more we can each do this the greater will be the possibility of peace at
a collective as well as personal level.